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12
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February
Year
1890
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"Trtke care, young man, don't marry her,- You'll flnd there are rook ahead." "Thal'a what I wunt - her father's roclts," Tlie youug man softly said. -The Brunonian. We h:ve now 29 Japiuiese students in the city. Twenty-two graduates of Yule are instructora or students at Harvard. Atiother Greek play will probably be brought out at Harvard next year. Invitations for the Junior Hop were in such deniand tliat the printed copies ran short. The 57th anniversary of Pai Upsilon will be celebrated at Brown University, on May lat and 2d. The Chicago people will have the pleasure of hearing the Glee Club concert on the lOth of April next. The Phi Kaps are to give a social hop at their elegant residence on AVashtenaw ave., on Saturday evening. W. J. Gregory, lit. '84, casbier of the Arapahoe, Neb. bank, was In town over Sunday a guest of F. L. York. L. E. Cooley, who Is the civil engineer of the drainage canal at Chicago, is a brother of M. E. Cooley, of the university. The fine reddence and roiiiids of the late Dr. Fiieze, on N. Ingalls st., have been purchased by Dr. Nancrede, for $S,000. TlieFoley Guild, composed of CathoHe students of the uoiversity, give a social hop at Armory hall on Friday cvenlnr. The Glee Club are to give one of thelr fine concerts at Hlllsdale on Friday evening, Feb. 21st, and at Monroe Saturday eveninfr, Feb. 22d. Of the 2,005 alumni of Hamllton College, 1,054 are still living (a remarkable record) to help assist in the centennial celebration of that institution. In the class of '89, at Harvard, there were SO republicana, 40 democrats, 30 independen ts, 0 nnigwumps, 2 prohibitionïsls, 3 undecided, and 58 made no replies. On April 5lh the Glee Club from the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, will give a concert here. The boys will doubtess be given a royal welcome. The Japanese students in the sity, 29 in all, propose to celébrate the Emperor's birthday as soon as exams will permit. Tucsday was the anniversary. Henry F. Shier, lit. '88, will be married next Wcdnesday to Miss E. W. Bourne, of Clarksville, Tcnn., at that city. He s a son of Rov. W. II. Shier, a former pastor of this place. Dr. J. C. Wood responded to the toast 'Relation of Womeu to the Profession," n such a manner as to elicit great ap)lause before the New York Homeo)athic State Society, last week. "Au Interpretaron of the Social Movenent of Our Times," is the subject whlch Prof. Henry C. Adams is to deliver a lccure pon before the Scientiflc Societies of Washington, D. C, on Saturday, Feb. 5th. The class in begtnnlng Freneh, under [r. Belser, have a petition to whlch all heiijiames are appended begging that lie ontinue the work next semester. Such s the reward of a good instructor. - Ch ion ele. The incomes of Harvard graduates are stimated approximately, that, when bout thirty years of age, or ten years after leaving college, about 25 per cent. eceive f rom $4,000 to $G,000, 50 per ent. from $2,500 to $4,000, the rematada rom $l,OOOto $2,500. Mr. Randall, of Coldwater, and old typo, cüed at the University hospital Saturday night, of chronic kidney roubles, but was so bad when coming o the hospital that no operatio:i could be perforraed. This is the first deatn at the University hospital tliis year. Newton McMillan, formerly of tliis ity, and a gradúate of the University, kis severed his connection witli the Chiago Herald, and is to take a position on the "Evening IIcraKl," whlch is so:n to be launched on the sea of Chicago journalism, backed by the [proprietors of the Mom ing Herald. The third concert in the Choral Union Series will be given n University Huil, Feb. 2fl. Madame Adele Ausder Olie, of New York City, one of the great pianist of the world, will appear at thig concert. The music lovlng people will throng to hear this wondert ui musiciaD, who is one of the greatest pupils of Liszt. Miss Amelia B. Edward?, L.L. D., the distinguished Egyptologist, gave her lecture on "I'ortrait painting in Eypt, " at Mount Holyoke College, on the evening of January 29. The class of '91 gave Miss Edwards a reception and elected her an honorary inember of the class. It will be remembered that Miss lv.Iward is to lecture bere on the evening of S tur. day, Feb. 23d. At the election of Corónide editois last Saturday a lively time occurred. It appears that the Argonaut force, marahaled by a former disgruntled Chronlcle man, nttempted to control the meeting, and choose for editora sucli as would use tlieir iufluence to destroy the publicution entirely. The backbone and cnol judgmeng of the president, Mr. LfiDue, prevented the consummation of thelr pl.ins, howcver. Thejudges have made tlie following awards to competitors for the Oracle prizes: Best story, Miss Ilobart, prize $15; best humorous sketch, Frcd Waterhouse, $10; best dramatic scène, J. II. Cliilcote, Sear't ipeclal racket; best cartoon, H. F. Van Deventer, $5; best cover design, H. G. Field, $5; best title page, H. Chandler, framed engraving; best song, F. W. Clay, choice of mandolín, guitar or banjo. - Chronicle. The Glee Club boys had a fine audiance at Dexter Saturday nighr, and are warm in praise of their reeeption there. The opera house was filled to overllowing, whlch gave them heart to do the best they could. Many encores were giren, and all went merry. The boys also speak in warm praise of their treat" ment by Mr. Chas. Stebbins, the proprietor of the Dexter house, who did much for their comfort while tliere. The University Branch ol the Michigan Club held an enthusiastic meeting last evening, and over 100 students pledged themselves to attend the banquet at Detroit next weck Friday. J. R. Davip, a eolored student from Atlanta, Ga., gave a fine talk on the "Southern Problem," whlch was considered one of the best efforta of the evening. Speeches were also made by Messrs. J. l{. Craddock and H. II. Owen. Tliere were upward of 200 students in attendanoe. An Attempt was made by gome man to rob the patients In the University hospital lust Sunday night. He at first stepped in and addressed the night nurse and asked to see the doctor. "I suppose you know where the room is?" the nurse asked. "Yes," was the replv and lic started off InHIiat direction. After the nurae liad g(ie hia round?, he tlien slipped back and went to searching the pockets of the patient's clöthes. He secured two empty pocketbooks, and the Immates secured a srood description of liirn. The Choral Union will produce "The Llgbt of Asin," by Dudley Buck, atConimencement. This work, founded on Edwin Arnold'a poem, has been giyen in Munich, London, Liverpool, Leeda and New York, and has been received with entliusiasm. The work will be giyen with full orchestra and flrst-classsoloists. It will be the fir8t complete performance of the work in the West. Thli concert following tlic brilliant series given by the Choral Union, indicates a genuine musical enthusiasm. The chorus is steadily increasing ia numbers, and are doing rcmarkable work. The Kev. George Uates, president of Iowa College, tells the following story: "In the family of a home missioniiry on the vligin prairie of Iowa was bom a baby boy. A little later a new assooiation of ministers and churches was discuasing the possibilities of beginning a college. The father of the new baby took a unlque way of announcinir h9 new happlness. He stalked down the aisle and laid a ncw silver dollar, which rang true on the table (if it was the coinmuuion table it was not profane), saying, "Wben ray three-weeks-old boy grows up 1 want a college here for him to ntteml, oud there's the flrst dollar to found it." That boy took bis seat last summer in the Board of Trustees of Iowa College (of which ho is au bonored alumnus) whose bcginning was the home missionary's silver dollar." The Adelphi Society had a full meeting last Sunday evening. Prof. Tuft?, in opening bis 'talk,'1 said he did so witb no little embarrassment from the fact that be had talked to five different literary societies, and tbey all expired soon after, and hia efforts had nearly caused him to give up the ghost. 15ut lic was soon at ease with bis audience when be so intercstiugly entertained tliem with some researebes among the stiange relies of pre historie man. The Adelphi can stand a good many more sucli talks and still survive. Mis Willougbby read a very instructlve essay on the poet Tennyson, and in her criticisms on some of bis sentiments advanced as to woman's sphere and attainments in life she made it very plain to tbu appreciative audience that Tennyson has yet very crude ideas of the actu.il attainments of women, and her future capacity of intellectual growth. The debate on the land question did not enthuse tlie audiencc to any great degrer. The mnsic, both vocal and instrumental, was given by the Vulland sisters. II.L-O3IENED. Hls arma, wlth stiong ana flrm embrace, líer dainty form onfohi, And she had blushed her sweet conseut, When he hls story told. "And do you swear to keep yonr troth ? " Sheaaked witli loving air ; He guzed lnto her upturned face, "Yes, by yon elm, I swear." A year passed by, hls lo ve grew cold, Ofhls heart she'd lost the helm ; She blamed hls fault, but the lact was this- The tree was sllppery elm.

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